Web company BitTorrent Inc, once scorned in Hollywood, on February 25 joined a number of providers in the nascent arena for legal downloads of movies and television shows with content from several key studios.
BitTorrent Entertainment Network will offer films and TV shows from 20th Century Fox News Corp, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Entertainment Corp, closely held Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, Paramount Pictures and Paramount's sister company, MTV Networks.
San Francisco-based BitTorrent joins Amazon.com, Apple Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc as either having launched or testing download sites. Others in the arena include services from CinemaNow and Movielink.